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Ruben Pieter de Haas (born October 9, 1998) is a rugby union player who plays scrum-half for the United States men's national team. He previously played for Saracens in the English Premiership and currently for the Cheetahs in the SA Currie Cup and the 2024-25 EPCR Challenge Cup in Europe.

Early life

Ruben de Haas was born on October 9, 1998, in George, South Africa[2] as the son of Pieter de Haas and grandson of Gerard de Haas, both first class rugby players in South Africa.[3][4] De Haas immigrated with his family to the USA at the age of 10 and attended Jessieville High School in Arkansas[2] and played rugby for the Little Rock Junior Stormers, one of only two high school rugby teams in the state of Arkansas.[4]

Professional career

Cheetahs

After having represented the United States at age-grade level (see sections below), De Haas signed an academy contract with South African provincial union the Free State Cheetahs in July 2017.[5] He played for the Free State U19 side in the 2017 Under-19 Provincial Championship, and also played for university side the CUT Ixias in the 2018 Varsity Cup,[3] before making his first class debut in South African domestic competition, for the Free State XV in their 2018 Rugby Challenge match against the Griffons.[6]

In May 2018, the Free State Cheetahs announced that he signed a contract with the Cheetahs – the union's professional team – until the end of October 2020. In 2021 English Premiership giants Saracens signed De Haas on a 2 year deal where-after he returned for a second stint with the Cheetahs. [3]

Saracens

It was announced in February 2021 that de Haas would join Saracens ahead of the 2021–22 Premiership season.[7]

International career

Youth teams

De Haas first represented the United States as a member of the United States men's national under-19 team (High School All-Americans) in their 2016 tour of Ontario, Canada.[8] De Haas served as the captain of the High School All-Americans.[9]

De Haas debuted with the United States men's national under-20 team (Junior All-Americans) in the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy.[10] De Haas made his first appearance for the Junior All-Americans as a 65th minute substitute in a 46–44 loss to Namibia on April 19.[11] De Haas made his first start at scrum-half for the Junior All-Americans in their 32–12 victory over Hong Kong on April 23.[12]

De Haas also made two appearances for the Junior All-Americans in 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy qualification matches. He scored one conversion in the Junior All-Americans' 46–12 defeat to Canada on June 13, 2017.[13] He also scored one conversion and one penalty goal in the Junior All-American's 27–25 victory over Canada on June 17, 2017.[14] De Haas served as the vice captain of the Junior All-Americans.[2]

USA Selects

De Haas made his first appearance with the USA Selects on October 7, 2017, starting at scrum-half in the Selects' 48–26 defeat to Samoa in the 2017 Americas Pacific Challenge.[15] De Haas scored his first try for the Selects on October 15, 2017, appearing as a substitute in the Selects' 45–26 victory over Canada.[16]

USA Eagles

De Haas made his debut with the USA Eagles on February 17, 2018, appearing as a substitute in the Eagles' 45–13 victory over Chile in the 2018 Americas Rugby Championship.[17] De Haas played 4 matches for the U.S. at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.

References

  1. ^ "Ruben DE HAAS, Scrum half". its rugby. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Ruben de Haas". USA Rugby. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Promising scrumhalf signs with Toyota Cheetahs" (Press release). Cheetahs. May 28, 2018. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Goff, Alex (June 16, 2015). "Arkansas Selects Thrive Under Radar". Goff Rugby Report. Goff Communications. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  5. ^ Goff, Alex (July 6, 2017). "De Haas To Cheetahs Academy In South Africa". FloRugby. FloSports. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  6. ^ "SuperSport Rugby Challenge - Match 12, Pool Stage". South African Rugby Union. April 28, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  7. ^ Hancock, Lewis (February 22, 2021). "De Haas to join Sarries this summer". Saracens. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  8. ^ Wise, Chad (June 24, 2016). "Boys High School All-Americans headed to Canada for two-match tour". Lafayette, Colorado: USA Rugby. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  9. ^ Goff, Alex (August 19, 2017). "De Haas Makes Cheetahs U19 Debut In South Africa". FloRugby. FloSports. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  10. ^ "Junior All-Americans named for World Trophy". Americas Rugby News. April 9, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  11. ^ "World Rugby U20 Trophy 2016, Match 1". worldrugby.org. World Rugby. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  12. ^ "World Rugby U20 Trophy 2016, Match 8". worldrugby.org. World Rugby. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  13. ^ Wise, Chad (June 13, 2017). "All-Americans drop first leg of U20 Trophy Qualifier". Edmonton, Alberta: USA Rugby. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  14. ^ Wise, Chad (June 17, 2017). "All-Americans Win, Miss U20 Trophy Qualification". Edmonton, Alberta: USA Rugby. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  15. ^ "Samoa overwhelm 14-man USA". Americas Rugby News. October 7, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  16. ^ "USA fend off Canada in Montevideo". Americas Rugby News. October 15, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  17. ^ "Eagles overcome slow start to smash Chile". Americas Rugby News. February 17, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2018.

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